A personal note composed Thursday 6th October 2011 NZ time:
From an early age microcomputers caught my imagination. I was about 12 years old when the Apple 2e came out in New Zealand. I was completely infatuated by this machine. I had limited access at school. However, every opportunity I had I would cherish. Thanks to the computer and physic teacher Mr Hunt, one school holiday I got to take an apple 2e home. I will never forget the excitement. Needless to say I didn’t get a lot of sleep over the next two weeks. I started adding “apple 2e” to the family shopping list on a weekly basis. About 5 years later I had saved $2500.00 to buy my first computer the apple 2e. By this time it was fairly old but nonetheless I had to have it. So instead of buying a car at this stage of my life, like most normal kiwi boys, I purchased my first computer. Over the years my passion has served me well and I became a primary teacher. In more recent years an ICT specialist teacher. I feel I have passed this passion on to many children over the years. To this day I still have a flash computer and a rubbish car. I dare say it’s largely thanks to one man, Steve Jobs – RIP.
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